Nokia Lumia 630 goes on sale in Asia, EU and US to follow

Today Nokia announced that the Nokia Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 dual-SIM go on sale in Asia this week. European markets and the US await for the phone's sale to commence shortly after.

The Nokia Lumia 630 is the company's first ever phone to run Windows Phone 8.1 (check out our awesome review) out of the box. The updated OS brings the Cortana personal assistant, Action Center and broader customization options. New cool apps such as Data Sense, Wi-Fi Sense and Storage Sense are also making their way into the latest OS version.

On the hardware side, the Lumia 630 features a 4.5" FWVGA ClearBlack IPS LCD display covered with a protective layer of Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood, there's a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC with 1.2GHz quad-core CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of built-in memory, and microSD card slot.

The Nokia Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 dual-SIM cost €119 and €129 before taxes and subsidies, respectively. The retail price in Europe will be close to €150. The color options include bright orange, bright green, bright yellow, as well as black and white.